变性人和性别不符合的年轻人的饮食障碍:与社区和临床样本的比较
Isabel C Quiñones1, Ellen Selkie2, Kathleen A Mammel3
1Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
概括
变性人和性别不合规 (TGNC) 的年轻人比 cisgender 同龄人表现出更高的饮食障碍 (ED) 认知和客观狂欢发作 (OBEs). 这凸显了TGNC人群中ED查的必要性.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 饮食障碍 (ED) 是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 变性人和性别不符合 (TGNC) 个体面临着可能影响心理健康的独特压力因素.
- 关于特定于TGNC年轻人群中的饮食病理的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查和比较跨性别和性别不合规 (TGNC) 年轻人的饮食病理.
- 建立与人口统计学上匹配的 cisgender 样本的基准.
- 将TGNC年轻人与被诊断患有饮食障碍 (ED) 的个人样本进行比较.
主要方法:
- 采用了横截面研究设计.
- 参与者包括TGNC年轻人 (N=97), cisgender男性 (N=97), cisgender女性 (N=97) 和患有ED的个人 (N=112),年龄在13-21岁之间.
- 饮食障碍检查问卷 (EDE-Q) 评估了ED认知和行为.
主要成果:
- TGNC年轻人报告EDE-Q总分明显高于cisgender样本,但低于ED样本.
- 与 cisgender 组相比,TGNC 个体的客观狂欢发作 (OBEs) 的可能性更高,但低于 ED 患者.
- 大部分TGNC参与者 (35%) 在EDE-Q总分上得分≥3,明显超过 cisgender样本.
结论:
- 与 cisgender 年轻人相比,TGNC 年轻人表现出较高的饮食障碍认知和客观的狂饮情节.
- 这些发现强调了针对TGNC青少年的ED症状进行有针对性的查和干预的必要性.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解这种脆弱人群中饮食病理学的特定风险和保护因素.
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